Who would you work for and why?

[Surfer]

Here's the sitch...

You have the opportunity to work for one radio company in Atlanta. You can have the job you want and do what you want with the station with one exception...you must follow corporate mandates, even if they go against your radio (or personal) principals. Whom would you work for?

I would probably work for ABC (soon to be Citadel) or Radio One.

OK, your turn.

 

[ClarkKent]

Wait...does anybody else see the trick to this question?

- You can do what you want with the station
- You must follow corporate mandates, even if they go against your principles.

That one exception can kill the whole "do what you want" thing. If corporate mandates say you're to backsell and read prescribed promos and that's all, then how can I do what I want with my show? If corporate mandates say I can only play music recorded in the last 3 years, say, and no ballads, how can I program the station the way I want to?

Maybe I'm reading this too deeply, but that stuck out in my mind. But to answer your question, the name of the company on my paycheck doesn't matter to me so long as they treat me decently (that's kind of a catch all category) and the check doesn't bounce.

 

[evnlee]

But to answer your question, the name of the company on my paycheck doesn't matter to me so long as they treat me decently (that's kind of a catch all category) and the check doesn't bounce.

Well, I guess that eliminates Air America Radio!

 

[Windreader]

I think the question is pretty pointless. It all boils down to, "Which company might offer you maximum leeway to be creative?" and unless you've worked for them all, it would only be a matter of personal conjecture.

 

[Surfer]

Good! You caught my trick. So then the REAL question is...can ANYBODY work for corporate radio, follow their rules and be satisfied?

For me, probably not.

 

[littlejohn]

All corporations have policies. Normally they are in the employee handbook, and most will give you at least their policies for employees aspart of the interview process, if you ask. You may then decide. As an applicant for a field engineering position in the 60s, an IBM supervisor told me rather pointedly that IBM employees were expected to drive 'appropriate vehicles'. The inference being that my Dodge convertible with a lot of motor and loud mufflers didn't fit the mold for the position they were offering. We didn't do business. Likewise, Disney tells actor applicants for their parks - or used to at any rate - that face fur was/is unacceptable for actors on The Property. Clear Channel policies are very specific as to what the air staff may or may not say. Check the policy, and choose to work or not for whomever.

 

[eve]

I would work for myself and do it my way. O wait. I am. teehee. My show is too non-politically correct to fit anywhere in terrestrial radio land. Oh well.

 

[whit979]

Just based on posts on the Atlanta board, I'll say that I would work for Star 94 (Lincoln Financial Group). I haven't seen a lot of negative comments on here about them...or have I just not heard any dirt on Star?

 

[winreader]

Clear Channel policies are very specific as to what the air staff may or may not say. Check the policy, and choose to work or not for whomever.

Yes, and Randall Bloomquist makes all the decisions at WGST.
It's evident that Clear Channel sucks at radio, therefore there is not a real need to make stuff up.

 

[littlejohn]

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Quote from: littlejohn on Yesterday at 09:40:41 am
Clear Channel policies are very specific as to what the air staff may or may not say. Check the policy, and choose to work or not for whomever.

Reply from: winreader on today at 09:49:57 am

Yes, and Randall Bloomquist makes all the decisions at WGST.
It's evident that Clear Channel sucks at radio, therefore there is not a real need to make stuff up.

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Well, I missed something or other here. I've not made anything up. And, I've no idea who makes their local decisions, but if the guy you refer to is the local manager, I'd expect him to make a lot of them.